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1997-1998 Trade Subsidy Votes Score

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State Office Name Party Rating
Gilbert Gutknecht 56%
Wally Herger, Jr. 56%
David Lee Hobson 56%
John Hostettler 56%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 56%
Joseph Knollenberg 56%
John Linder 56%
Bill McCollum 56%
Jim McDermott 56%
Dana Rohrabacher 56%
Ed Royce 56%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions Republican 56%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 56%
Christopher Shays 56%
Bob Stump 56%
Jim Moran, Jr. 55%
Lamar Smith 55%
Wesley Watkins 55%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 55%
Bob Barr, Jr. 50%
Max Baucus 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
Kit Bond 50%
Robert Byrd 50%
Herbert Callahan 50%
Lincoln Chafee 50%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 50%
Thad Cochran 50%
Barbara Cubin 50%
Thomas Daschle 50%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Russ Feingold 50%
William Frist 50%
Slade Gorton 50%
James Greenwood 50%
Charles Hagel 50%
Doc Hastings 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
Bob Kerrey 50%
John Kerry 50%
Mary Landrieu 50%
Frank Lautenberg 50%
Joe Lieberman 50%
Trent Lott, Sr. 50%
Martin Meehan 50%
Frank Murkowski 50%
Harry Reid 50%
Rick Santorum 50%
Joe Scarborough 50%
Jeff Sessions III 50%
Gordon Smith 50%
Bob Smith 50%
John Warner 50%
Paul Wellstone 50%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 50%
Rob Andrews 44%
Cass Ballenger 44%
Tom Barrett 44%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 44%
Henry Bonilla 44%
Mary Bono Mack 44%
Kevin Brady 44%
Ed Bryant 44%
Dave Camp 44%
Mike Castle 44%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 44%
Norm Dicks 44%
Calvin Dooley 44%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 44%
David Dreier 44%
John Duncan, Jr. 44%
Jennifer Dunn 44%
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